• NACADA DEADLINES
  • Has Your Membership Expired? Renew Your Membership Now! - March 1
  • There's Still Time to Recognize Excellence on Your Campus! - March 7
  • Did You Vote in this Year's NACADA Elections? - March 15
  • Do You Work with Undecided Students? Why Not? (CUES Survey) - March 17
  • Service to Commission Award Nominations - April 1
  • Need Funding for Your Research? Submit a Research Grant Proposal! - May 16
   
• NACADA EVENTS
  • 2005 NACADA Spring Regional Conferences - Professional Development/Renewal, Networking; New Ideas & Information!
  • 2005 NACADA Academic Advising Summer Institutes - A Must for All in Advising!
  • 2005 National Conference on Academic Advising - Join Us in Las Vegas!
  • NACADA Institutes & Seminar in St. Pete Huge Success!
  • New to Advising Administration? Interested in Becoming an Advising Administrator? Register Now for the Academic Administrators' Preconference at any of our 10 Regional Conferences!
   
• NACADA RESOURCES AND PUBLICATIONS
  • New on the NACADA Journal Web Site - Check Out Book Reviews & New Journal Table of Contents
  • Featured This Month in the Clearinghouse - What Do New Advisors Need?
  • CUES Survey
  • Research Funding Opportunities
  • Research Registry - Need Help with Your Research?
  • K-State/NACADA Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising - Apply Today!
   
• ASSOCIATION GOVERNANCE
  • Election Survey
  • 2005 Leadership Election Results
   
• OTHER
  • Deadline Approaching for NACADA Awards Nominations
  • 2005 Retiree Recognition - Recognize Retiring Advisors on Your Campus!
  • Service to Commission Awards
  • Advertise Your Institution's Position Vacancy on NACADA's Web Site
  • Has Your NACADA Membership Expired?

Hitting the Jackpot: Making Academic Success a Sure Bet! Wednesday, October 5 – Saturday, October 8, 2005 Bally's Las Vegas Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada

Information on the NACADA National Conference on Academic Advising, Wednesday, October 5, - Saturday, October 8, is available at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/NationalConf/2005/index.htm. If you are fortunate enough to have money left in this fiscal year's budget, consider registering now-an early registration form is on the Web. You can also reserve your room at Bally's Hotel.

Over 700 proposals were received and are currently being evaluated assuring that there will be a variety of session formats with presentations focusing on a broad range of current advising issues.

Take advantage of NACADA conferences near you, or fly to another area of the U.S. or to Canada to meet new friends and colleagues. For more detailed information about these Regional conferences, click here!

For the most complete consideration of advising available, you and/or your team should meet in either St. Paul, MN, or Colorado Springs, CO, at this year's week-long Summer Institutes. Developing strong networks among colleagues at the Institutes will be only one of the benefits to you, your team, and your program. Expert faculty will share pertinent information in a variety of ways - through general sessions, workshops, topical sessions, and small group discussions. You can't afford to miss this chance to make a difference at your institution through the knowledge you will gain as participants will develop an action plan for change on their campus. For more information on the Institute and examples of action plans from past participants, visit http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Events/SummerInst/index.htm.

Thanks go out to everyone who made the Effectively Engaging Faculty in Academic Advising Seminar, Academic Advising Administrators' Institute, and Assessment of Academic Advising Institute in St. Pete Beach such a huge success. We hope all of you were able to return to your campuses refreshed and ready to implement new ideas. We look forward to seeing you next year!  In the meantime, we hope you will enjoy the pictures at the links below.

Administrators' Institute - click here to view the pictures
Assessment Seminar- click here to view the pictures
Faculty Seminar- click here to view the pictures

The NACADA Journal issue 25(1), Spring 2005, should be in your mailbox in early May. In the meantime, you may wish to review this issue's Table of Contents on the Journal Web site at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Journal/Volume-TwentyFive-Issues-1-2.htm. Also, check out the full-text of book reviews included in the issue at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Journal/Volume-TwentyFive-Issues-1-2.htm#bkrev. Beginning with the Spring 2005 issue, book reviews will be published on the Journal Web site. Get a jump on Spring -- read NACADA Journal book reviews today!

From Advisor Training to Advisor Development: Creating a Blueprint for First-Year Advisors.  Pat Folsom, Jennifer Joslin, and Frank Yoder explore issues that can help new advisors experience success. 

On February 14, one NACADA member at each of 1500 U.S. colleges and universities received the Commission on Undecided and Exploratory Students (CUES) Major Changer survey. Survey authors seek to gather data regarding students who changed majors during the 2003-04 academic year.

Interest in this information is high and responses are positive, although institutions have found that retrieval of this information can be a challenge. To accommodate the need for extra time to retrieve data, the CUES survey has been extended through March 17.

Find survey information at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/Research_Related/CUES-major-changer.htm. Access the survey to input your campus data at https://surveys.ksu.edu/Survey/takeSurvey.do?offeringId=33994. Preliminary data from the CUES survey will be shared at the CUES Commission meeting at the 2005 NACADA National Conference in Las Vegas. 

Take advantage of the funding opportunities NACADA offers through research grants. Each year the Research committee grants stipends up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) to support a single-year proposal from practicing professionals (administrators and faculty) and graduate students seeking support for dissertation research. Grant proposals are due May 16, 2005. Find information and applications at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/Research_Related/Grant-Guidelines.htm.

Are you researching an advising topic for your institution, thesis or dissertation?  Want to connect with others researching the same topic? The NACADA Research Committee sponsors an informal research registry to stimulate communication among those researching advising topics. Use the Registry form to be matched with others researching similar topics. Email addresses will be provided to all collaborating researchers. 

Want to learn more about academic advising? Interested in graduate credit for course work? Kansas State University, in collaboration with NACADA, offers graduate students, advisors (both professional and faculty), new advisors, and experienced advisors the opportunity to study advising and its various components while earning graduate credit. Apply today! For more information go to http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/GraduateCertificate/index.htm.

NACADA would like to thank those members who voted in the recent 2005 NACADA Leadership elections. The member voter response rate was 20.8% for these elections. To assist with our efforts to increase the percentage of members voting, we would like to hear why members chose not to vote in these leadership elections.

If you did NOT vote and would like to share with us your reasons for not voting, please click on the following link and complete the short survey provided. Your responses will be anonymous. This survey will be available until March 15.

Election Survey — https://surveys.ksu.edu/Survey/takeSurvey.do?offeringId=34265

Thank you -- your input is greatly appreciated!

Please join us in congratulating the newly elected members of the NACADA Leadership!  Below are the results of this year's election. The terms in office for these individuals will begin at the conclusion of the national conference in Las Vegas this fall.  These results are also posted at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Election/2005/2005ElectionResults.htm.

President (2005-2006): JO ANNE HUBER
Vice President (2005-2006): JANE JACOBSON

Board of Directors (3-year term each, 2005-2008): JENNIFER BLOOM, SUSAN CAMPBELL, PHIL CHRISTMAN

Division Representatives (2005-2007) -

Commission and Interest Group Division Representative: JILL JOHNSON

Region Chairs (2005-2007) -
Region 1: GAIL STEPINA
Region 3: KAREN THURMOND
Region 5: DAN KING
Region 7: JILL ANDERSON HIEB
Region 9: SELMA REED

Commission Chairs (2005-2007) -
Advising Adult Learners: TERI FARR
Advising Business Majors: BILL JOHNSON
Advising Education Majors: LEE KEM
Advising Graduate and Professional Students: KATI MARKOWITZ
Advising Student Athletes: NANCY EVERSON
Advisor Training and Development: KATHY DAVIS
ESL/International Student Advising: AURA RIOS ERICKSON
Liberal Arts Advisors: TIM MOORE
Technology in Advising: LAUREN WASS
Two-Year Colleges: PEGGY JORDAN

Committee Chairs (2005-2007) -
Awards: ROB MOSSACK
Diversity: SKIP CROWNHART
Member Career Services: KAREN SULLIVAN-VANCE
Professional Development: TIM CHAMPARDE

Less than one week remains to submit your nomination materials for the 2005 NACADA Awards Program! The 2005 Awards Call, including nomination eligibility criteria, deadlines, forms and submission guidelines, is available online at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Awards/AwardsCall.htm. Nominations must be received in the Executive Office no later than Monday, March 7. Be sure to closely review the applicable information in the 2005 Awards Call before submitting your final nomination materials as there were a few changes in the criteria for certain awards.

It is recommended that nomination materials be sent to NACADA by a shipping service for which delivery can be tracked. NACADA always sends an e-mail confirmation to the nominator upon receipt of each submission. Contact NACADA at nacada@ksu.edu if you do not receive an e-mail confirming receipt of your nomination materials.

Retirees will again be recognized at the fall national conference in Las Vegas. Retiree recognition forms are available at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Awards/Retiree.htm. If you know a colleague who retired during the past academic year or has plans to retire during the upcoming academic year, please complete the recognition form at the above web site and submit it to the NACADA Executive Office by June 6, 2005.

The Service to Commission Award provides commissions with a special opportunity to recognize NACADA commission members who have significantly contributed to a particular commission's overall goals and objectives through their service and activities. Information on the procedures for this award, including criteria, eligibility, submission guidelines, and a nomination form can be found at www.nacada.ksu.edu/Awards/CService.htm. Documents containing complete nomination information in Word format must be e-mailed to the NACADA Executive Office no later than FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2005.

Is your institution looking for a qualified candidate to fill a position vacancy? If so, advertise on the NACADA Web site! Position announcements may be submitted to NACADA at http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Position_Announcements/index.htm. Complete the position vacancy form on-line; announcements will be posted by the following day. Position announcements will remain on the NACADA Web site for 90 days or until the application due date, unless NACADA is otherwise notified. As a service to NACADA members, there is no charge to institutions submitting advising vacancies.

NACADA members with a March 1, 2005, membership expiration date may choose to renew when registering for a regional conference this spring.  If you are not submitting your renewal with a regional conference registration, please send in your membership renewal form today to ensure continued membership benefits.  A final email notice will be sent in late March to members who have not renewed for the March 1, 2005 through February 28, 2006 membership year.